[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/forethought/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) / forethought

# forethought

noun (no plural)

«forethought» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Careful thinking about what will happen later, and planning for it in advance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forethought/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a wise person's forethought means storing grain or preparing before trouble comes.

### Examples

- With forethought we packed warm clothes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forethought/#x1)
- Her forethought saved the crops in the hard winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forethought/#x2)
- It took no forethought to leave your coat at home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forethought/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means wise, careful planning, the way a sensible person acts.

**Interpretation.** Proverbs praises the prudent person who thinks ahead, in contrast to the fool.

### Examples

- Every prudent man dealeth with forethought; but a fool unfoldeth folly. (Writings PRO.13.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forethought/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «forethought» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forethought/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«forethought» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/forethought.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «forethought» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forethought/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«forethought» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/forethought.html) on Mova free.